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• Zehra Doğan's paintings in Detmold: Eyes wide open 

  The Detmold Amnesty International Group exhibits paintings of Kurdish painter and journalist Zehra Doğan, who has been in prison for a year, at the Detmold City Library.
• “Havana is the set for my novels as it’s the place I know best" 

  ​​​​​​​Interview with Cuban writer Ahmel Echevarria
• Destruction of Sur on World Heritage Watch Report 2018 

  The deliberately destruction of Sur by the Turkish government was given wide coverage on World Heritage Watch Report 2018 and WİLL be discussed at International Forum.
• Kobanê University to open new faculties 

  The university in Kobanê is run by co-rectorship.
• Sculptor El-Hemo tells of art under ISIS rule in Raqqa 

  Artist and sculptor Cuma Seîd El-Hemo was hiding his works in the garden of a house while under ISIS rule in Raqqa.
• Raqqa Museum restored 

  The Raqqa Museum which was severely damaged by ISIS gangs, is being restored.
• The story of a musician from Qamishlo 

  Each musician defines music differently.
• A Chinese artist travels to Kurdistan 

  An exhibition of paintings from Kurdistan by Chinese artist Ting Zhang has been opened in Hamburg's "Galerie Gemüse".
• How did a Syriac church in Urfa turn into a Faculty of Theology? 

  The Syriac Church of Saint Peter Saint Paul in Urfa is now being used as a cultural center by the Eyyubiye Municipality and the headquarters for the Faculty of Theology foundation.
• “Making films is not a crime, we defend peace” 

  The trial of documentarists Demirel and Mavioğlu aims at criminalising cinema and journalism.
• Autobiography of Sakine Cansız presented in English 

  Meeting in London with translator Janet Biehl.
• "We sing songs of the revolution" 

  The fighters who sang their songs in Kobanê as the "Army of Hope" have now renamed their group "Berbanga Rojava" (The Dawn of Rojava).
• Living Together through cinema 

  Antep Cinema Days kick off on Thursday.
• FilmAmed Festival returns after a year forced stop 

  The AKP’s ‘hijacking’ of Kurdish municipalities meant cuts in cultural budget as well.
• Movie on Amed prison resistance screened in St. Petersburg 

  The movie "14 Temmuz" (July 14) about the historic resistance of the political prisoners in the prison of Amed was screened in St. Petersburg.
• The art of making clothes 

  A 75 years old woman still hand makes women dresses in Kobanê.
• Turkish army destroys another historic site in Afrin 

  The Henan mosque was plundered and Kurdish writer Dêrsimî’s grave destroyed.
• Art exhibition in Rojava dedicated to Afrin resistance 

  Cizire Culture and Arts Council Co-president Berivan Xalid stated that they dedicated the Rojava Art Exhibition to the Resistance of the Age.  
• Art exhibition in Qamishlo 

  Paintings to voice the resistance of Afrin and celebrate Rojava diversity.
• NAV-DEM: Kurds should defend their language 

  The Kurdish Language Day is celebrated on 15 May as proposed by Kurdish literary scholars and linguists and it has made a great contribution to the development of Kurdish.
• Tan: Comprehensive struggle needed to defend Kurdish language 

  Kurdish Institute President celebrates Kurdish Language Day.
• Girls of the Sun against ISIS 

  The film Girls of the Sun doesn’t only analyze women’s fight against ISIS, it also stresses the fighting character of the women in Shengal.
• Husson's 'Girls Of The Sun' heading to UK & Ireland with Altitude 

  Altitude Film Distribution has secured UK and Ireland rights to Eva Husson’s Cannes competition title Girls Of The Sun from sales agent Elle Driver.
• Rojava Culture Arts and Literature Festival opens in Kobane 

  The fifth edition of the festival attracted people from all over Northern Syria
• Festival Theatre in Amed 

  One week of theatre in Amed